Initialisierung

/[ˌinit͡si̯aliˈziːʁʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

15 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

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Initialisierung is aGermannoun. It means: Herstellung eines ganz bestimmten Anfangszustandes eines Computers, eines Programms, einer Prozedur oder eines Objekts Pronounced [ˌinit͡si̯aliˈziːʁʊŋ].

Key facts for Initialisierung
PropertyValue
HeadwordInitialisierung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌinit͡si̯aliˈziːʁʊŋ]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Initialisierung is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Initialisierung is 15 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌinit͡si̯aliˈziːʁʊŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Initialisierung in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Initialisierung, spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herstellung eines ganz bestimmten Anfangszustandes eines Computers, eines Programms, einer Prozedur oder eines Objekts
  2. 2
    bei Programmen und sonstigen Software-Einheiten alle Variablen vor der ersten Anwendung zu belegen, um einen korrekten Ablauf des Programms zu gewährleisten

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Initialisierung"?
"Initialisierung" is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌinit͡si̯aliˈziːʁʊŋ].
What does "Initialisierung" mean?
As a noun, "Initialisierung" means: Herstellung eines ganz bestimmten Anfangszustandes eines Computers, eines Programms, einer Prozedur oder eines Objekts
How do you pronounce "Initialisierung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Initialisierung" is [ˌinit͡si̯aliˈziːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Initialisierung" come from?
"Initialisierung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.